A section of investors in the transport sector have called for some functions of the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) to be devolved to the counties, citing the body’s lack of capacity.
They said the mandate of registering all motor vehicles and cycles in the country besides safety and regulation of the sector is too big for the authority to handle effectively.
“Given the number of motor cycles that are being imported today, the NTSA may not have the capacity of registering all of them,” said Alfayo Otuke, immediate former Kenya Transports Association (KTA) chief executive officer.
“Counties should be given part of the responsibilities for safety, vehicle and motor cycle registration because this is the only way of ensuring that all owners are accountable.
“The NTSA should handle regulation, a policy function,” said Mr Otuke, who was a member of the National Road Safety Steering Committee of 2009 that recommended the setting up of the NTSA.
Clearing and forwarding agents have also voiced their concern over slow registration of vehicles leaving the Mombasa port, saying delay to deliver number plates resulted in losses as they were forced to pay storage charges after their vehicles were delayed at the port.
Kenya International Freight and Warehousing Association (Kifwa) chairman William Ojonyo said only 300 number plates were sent to the port daily as opposed to demand of at least 500.
The NTSA has, however, in the past said they dispatch enough plates, with the communications department saying the number was adequate.
“There is no time that there is a shortage of number plates for vehicles registered at the Mombasa port,” NTSA communications manager Dido Guyatu said in an earlier interview.
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